According to the Boy Scouts, a major thunderstorm hit Camp Bell on the Griswold Scout Reservation in Gilmanton Monday evening.

No one was directly hit by the strike, but shortly afterward, several people reported feeling some tingling and burning sensations.

According to fire officials, the scouts were taking shelter underneath a canopy when lightning struck about 25 feet away at around 8:30 p.m.

Fire officials said they were taken to hospitals for cardiac monitoring as a precaution, and their injuries were not life-threatening. Six people remained hospitalized Tuesday, but were expected to be released.

All of the scouts had some level of burns -- from minor to serious -- from the lightning strike.

Six scouts were taken to the Belmont Fire Station by pickup truck, while the rest were taken by bus.

By 10 p.m., all of the campers had been triaged at the Belmont Fire Station and transported to hospitals. Three counselors were also triaged, but refused medical treatment, saying they wanted rescue workers to concentrate on the scouts.

The scouts range in age from 12 to 17. They were all part of a leadership program that brought older scouts from across the region to Gilmanton for leadership training.

Fire Chief David Parenti said he was amazed the scouts were "calm and cool" during the triage process.

Parenti said a total of 13 ambulances were brought in from neighboring towns, some doing two trips from the hospital to transport patients.

The first six patients, who were deemed the most serious, were taken to Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia. Others were taken to Concord Hospital, Franklin Regional Hospital, Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth and Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro.

WRECKS WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH BREAKING NEWS. DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER A LIGHTNING STRIKE AT A BOY SCOUT CAMP THAT INCLUDES 23 BOY SCOUTS. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD. ALL THE DELAYS WERE BEING TAKEN TO THE BELMONT FIRE STATION AND ARE BEING TRANSPORTED FROM THERE. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE ON THE STRIKE TONIGHT. JOINING US LIVE BY PHONE. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING RIGHT NOW? I AM AT THE BELMONT FIRE DEPARTMENT. ALL THE SCOUTS HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, THEY WILL ALL BE OK. ALL WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. 23 BOY SCOUTS SENT TO FIVE DIFFERENT HOSPITALS. HERE IS WHAT RESCUE WORKERS TELL US HAPPENED. THEY WERE AT CAMP BELL. THEY WERE AT THE CAMP WHEN THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THEY HUNKERED DOWN AND TOOK SHELTER UNDERNEATH THE CANOPY. THAT IS WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK THE TENT OR THE GROUND AND TRAVELED TO THE TENT. SEVERAL OF THE SCOUTS HAD AN IMMEDIATE REACTION, FALLING DOWN OR HAVING MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS. THEY WERE EVALUATED AND WERE DETERMINED -- SIX WERE DETERMINED TO HAVE SERIOUS EARNS. THEY WERE IN THE CHEST AREA SO THERE WERE CARDIAC CONCERNS. THE REST ON A BOY SCOUT BUS ROUTE INTO THE BELMONT FIRE DEPARTMENT WHERE TRIAGE WAS SET UP. AMBULANCES COMING IN AND OUT. THE FIRE CHIEF DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENED ONCE THEY ALL GOT TO THIS MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT. ONCE WE GET THEM HERE WE START TRIAGING OURSELVES. THIS PERSON IS EITHER A YELLOW OR RED TAG OR WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE. WE HAVE TO CONTACT THE HOSPITALS AND THEY SAY THEY'RE LAKES REGION CAN TAKE SIX AND CONCORD CAN TAKE SIX. WHAT WE ENDED UP TRANSPORTING, THE LAKES REGION COULD TAKE SIX AND CONCORD COULD TAKE SIX. THE FIRST SIX PATIENT S WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. ALL THE STAFF HAD SOME LEVEL OF OF BURNED FROM THE LIGHTNING. FROM MINOR TO MORE SERIOUS. SOME WILL BE EVALUATED FOR CARDIAC CONCERNS BECAUSE OF WHERE THE LIGHTNING STRIKE IS. THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS THAT THE BELMONT FIRE DEPARTMENT. I ASKED YOU THIS EARLIER. HAVE THE PARENTS BEEN NOTIFIED, ARE THEY ON THEIR WAY UP TO THE CAMP? ONLY ONE PARENT PHYSICALLY SHOWED UP IN PERSON ASKING IF THEIR CHILD WAS OK. STAFF -- OTHERS CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR HOSPITALS. THEY DID GET THE WORD THAT EVERYONE WAS GOING TO BE OK BUT AS A PRECAUTION THEY WOULD BE EVALUATED OR TREATED FOR THE LIGHTNING BURNS. LET'S TURN OUR GEARS. HEATHER HAMEL HAS BEEN TRAVELING TO THE HOSPITAL. THAT IS THE LOCATION WHERE THE FIRST INJURED WERE TAKEN TO. THEY WERE ALSO TRANSPORTED TO AS FAR AWAY AS WOLFBORO. THE MOST CRITICALLY INJURED WERE TAKEN OUT BY VEHICLE BEFORE THE AMBULANCES SHOWED UP. RATHER THAN GET A LOT OF TOWNS RESPONDING THEY WERE MAKING MULTIPLE TRIPS BACK AND FORTH FROM THE HOSPITAL. THAT WAS MUCH SIMPLER TO DO. LET'S GO TO HEATHER HAMEL WHO IS AT LAKES REGION. I AM AT LAKES REGION GENERAL HOSPITAL IN LACONIA. IT IS QUIET HERE. NO AMBULANCES NEAR THE ER ENTRANCE. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE ACTING AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THERE WAS ACTIVITY EARLIER THIS EVENING. WE UNDERSTAND EIGHT OF THE PATIENTS WERE SENT HERE. AND INITIALLY THERE WERE SIX PATIENTS CONSIDERED MORE SERIOUS THAN THE OTHERS. TWO OF THEM WERE SENT TO THIS HOSPITAL AND TWO OTHERS TO CONCORD AND T WO TO FRANKLIN REGIONAL. 13 AMBULANCES WERE DOING THE TRANSPORTS. SOME OF THEM WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE FIRE STATION TO THE HOSPITAL AND BACK AGAIN TO PICK UP MORE OF THE PATIENTS. WE HAVE HEARD SOME OF THESE PATIENTS WERE DRIVEN AS FAR AS PLYMOUTH TO GET TREATMENT. A LOT OF THESE TRIPS WERE JUST PRECAUTIONARY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE TREATMENT THEY NEED. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE PATIENTS WILL DO JUST FINE. THEY WILL MAKE A COMPLETE RECOVERY. WE ARE HERE IN THE KANYE, WE'RE ARE NOT SEEING A LOT OF ACTIVITY BUT I DID SPEAK WITH A MAN WHO STEPPED OUTSIDE AND HE SAID HE UNDERSTOOD SOME OF THE PATIENTS WERE INSIDE, SOME OF THE BOY SCOUTS.